IP Library Granted Patent US 8,231,983
Granted Patent B2
US 8,231,983 · App. 11/911,425 · Granted Jul 31, 2012

Organic electroluminescent device, display and illuminating device

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Patent No.
US 8,231,983
App. No.
11/911,425
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having high emission luminance, high external quantum efficiency and long lifetime. Also disclosed are a display and an illuminating device. The organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that it comprises, between a pair of electrodes, a constituent layer including at least a phosphorescence emission layer, wherein at least one in the constituent layer contains a compound represented by formula (1),

Claims (22)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between a pair of electrodes, a constituent layer including at least a phosphorescence emission layer comprising a metal complex containing a metal belonging to groups 8 through 10 of the periodic table as a center metal, wherein at least one in the constituent layer contains a compound represented by formula (1),

wherein A 1 and A 2 represent a substituent; n1 and n2 independently represent an integer of from 0 to 3; X 1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group; X 2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group, or a sulfonyl group provided that when X 1 represents an alkylene group, X 2 represents a sulfur atom, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group, or a sulfonyl group; and B 1 and B 2 represent a group represented by formula (2),

wherein Z 1 and Z 2 represent an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring; and Z 3 represents a divalent linkage group or a chemical bond.

2. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein in formula (1), X 1 and X 2 independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkyene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group.

3. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein Z 1 of formula (2) represents an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring.

4. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula (1) is contained in the phosphorescence emission layer.

5. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the constituent layer further includes at least one hole inhibiting layer containing the compound represented by formula (1).

6. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , emitting a blue light.

7. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , emitting a white light.

8. An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between a pair of electrodes, a constituent layer including at least a phosphorescence emission layer comprising a metal complex containing a metal belonging to groups 8 through 10 of the periodic table as a center metal, wherein at least one in the constituent layer contains a compound represented by formula (4),

wherein A 1 and A 2 represent a substituent; n1 and n2 independently represent an integer of from 0 to 3; and B 1 and B 2 represent a group represented by formula (2),

wherein Z 1 and Z 2 represent an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring; and Z 3 represents a divalent linkage group or a chemical bond.

9. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , wherein Z 1 of formula (2) represents an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring.

10. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , wherein Z 1 of formula (2) represents an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring.

11. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , wherein the compound represented by formula (4) is contained in the phosphorescence emission layer.

12. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , wherein the constituent layer further includes at least one hole inhibiting layer containing the compound represented by formula (4).

13. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , emitting a blue light.

14. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 8 , emitting a white light.

15. An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between a pair of electrodes, a constituent layer including at least a phosphorescence emission layer comprising a emetal complex containing a metal belonging to groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table as a center metal, wherein at least one in the constituent layer contains a compound represented by formula (1),

wherein A 1 and A 2 represent a substituent; n1 and n2 independently represent an integer of from 0 to 3; X 1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group; X 2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group, a sulfonyl group or a chemical bond provided that when X 1 represents an alklylene group, X 2 represents the sulfur atom, the imino group, the carbonyl group, the sulfoxide group the sulfonyl group or the chemical bond, and when X 2 represents the chemical bond, X 1 represents the imino group, the carbonyl group, the sulfoxide group or the sulfonyl group; and B 1 and B 2 represent a group represented by formula (2),

wherein Z 1 represents an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring; Z 2 represents an atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring; and Z 3 represents a divalent linkage group or a chemical bond.

16. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 15 , wherein in formula (1), X1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a sulfonyl group.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052207/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2007
From: SUGITA, SHUICHI; TANAKA, TATSUO
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC
Reel/Frame 020000/0687 →